Jack



Patented Dec. 11, 1923.; i Y I .WALTER B. EEMPLETON, OF. CHICAGO, ILLINOJfS-.f

JACK,

a licah dn filed February 17,1922. sefr'iei' 15.337345 I To aZZ whom it vim/Concern J' Be it knewn that WALTER B. TEMPLE- companying drawing wherein' 'l'hfw illlis TON, "a eiti'z'en of the Uni-ted States, residing tratectapifmetie iiid,2i ififi1pr oVed embbd iat' (i) hicago,"in the county of Cook and State mentof theiliye fitibii iii @SSbd tidy Q of Illii' bis, have iiivented certain new an'd pole jacjk' dfmy zt'fbfestidffitefit';"5th usefullmprevements in J aeks, of which the it is tq bej 'lindeistbbcl thtt the feat es y fellciy iril' g''is a 'fspeeificavtion}- i v Whichthe reaehbf the jack is inc'rezi'sil Qi' "'This iny'erition relates to iimprofiements in erjllai'gedl are; no't lii'liit'd' to assoc ti end jacks aiilfcl has re'fere'fice moreparticulztrly usewijth thejpirtijcfihflipc k Shbfiifii'frii' dto jacks bf thegeneraL'type discl'esed in sei'i'bedi' I Letters 'Pat'ent: Ne." 1,325',963, granted 't me Referringtqttf dtj D'ecember'23, 1919; J acks of this type are 1 tea [side lex'zaitieii sh tv'ii 'g my 11 ncommonlylmownin the trade 'zts p oleqjacks preyed jack emplgydd;ipi piai me" en being employed principally for ulling and incl'ined or cantectppleftht o'i'verh'a-n'gs'ji 5 stra ghtening telegraph'and telephone poles; ditchifi th the jack febtedflonjthe' bitetite 1O po'sts', andthe like, and for straighteniiig up sidepfth' ditch fi'bi i thep ole;

I Fig; gef'my aiferesaid 'pajtent s'hews' ij j'aek', the cu'p'shaped 'soel zt'memberjfidliiltetl o f this -Qtyl l e as eniplbyed"tq straighten it thereon, and lower enddif e bieffdfiiiilfg J5 telegraph o1? tele phioiie R916 from aj canted the be; extensibn'seated i11 thesdcket b i t en w a Per n a .pos o 1A8 i m mbe t I s w 11khjw n,.; injjniany situations; notably an Figs, and" 4: re hQ ii 'ln a sec i f 611 r wey ts o'f y; poles bf t i ch rt-ct l 's vei e f .f b fii t 1 f whflnthetm 'Qr nt" of the 'pdle istd'wlzird Or Fig. 5 isere" fele'yatfidiiof thehead (jf'the Wei-"the ditch itffi's a matj 'lffo ffsome diffilifting bajp 'ef the jak. e J

culty to'Obtaiii a, prdper'found ati'ori br rest Referring t6 the distWifig', P'repre's n ts a fer the jack in effec'ting the pole st'fztightenpole t'dbe stra'ighteried, s'ai d pdl lbii'lghbfin opjpqsit'e side of thedit'ch, it is too shertto D inthe g-reijndiwhich mfl ze'sfit impdssitile teach eeress' and engage directly with'the to fodtthe jaelr Withiii se-VeiaLfetdftjhe pb'le. r 1 1 base fthe ppe 'with quteiectihgfzi 'siiiteble Myipresent invention is the 'qutg-rowth fe indgttion therefo'r the dit'ch" orl depresand result of g study to remedy this situm lsion'Di v e f I v e 9 tioin' zindj "t0 enableljacks of this type t0 'be j "J deSlig'naijeS'aS an ntii'etyth'e which, successfully ii'sed for straightening up poles iii its details, is herein, shown i I P Y' OT and ether; b'je'ct's irii'situei-tions where the the pole jack to ilig' thesnbject'mgtter (if footing for'thejaek iezinb'e obtaineclenly' at my afoi esaid patentgi ieh difig' aLj beseer some distance from-the bzpse' of the 'pqleor pede's'taTlO tqwhich the" f'rame e f theffmek' 95 other bbjeet to be straightened and the jeek pivoted atll'; and a iipn-slippiiig irst jei' itself is top short toieebh the 'po'lei direet. foundation piece 42in the of a seetig'n, T h 7 d,; fli epv n p distilleiliisfiing 9f. an er-b amio shi r ime Pet chei'aq ei'istic fof my pifese'n't improvement ZBfF that'cb opemtes'jivfiriththe'ezitehfl38 dnflthe ide n ttac mnt'or c sse ryf j b e o-tdl ckft efjal lfr'dih fp fi endieulgi- 1 ,5 .Vening space.

natur Of a vi e 'byiw zh h t e l f gmj b -SQWMI- 'lfi j k plqyb for e. j ck in f te m nd l ngth s s gh f ng perat n 11 straigfitened across" a considerable inter-' that'thei ppef endbiheed'fioi the lift' i n A y' present invention; its novel structural vertical s1ot' 7" eXtjeridih i .fwhuresmodw e endadwnm es j f 'h al Q, z 7 ua'ti'oiisef the kind i eferred to; Will all be low recesses 61' cex'ie'ejfitieis [8 01111 eit'li erlslfl e di y to ds d app t d y pe 6 he ifsldti 7,; nurposfi i sate. lti a ent, being to seat and grip the links of a lifting chain. In my present improvement, in the form herein shown and described, the said slot and concavities are utilized to support and securely hold a cup attachment 9,

this latter having on one side a flat subprincip e stantially vertical face 10 which bears against the front face of the head 6 of the lifting bar, and a radially'extending stem or shank 11 located centrally of its flat side 10 and fitting down into the vertical slot 7 of the head. The cup member 9 has at its upper end a horizontal flange 12 which rests on the top of the head 6, and on the opposite sides of the radial stem or shank 11 are formed a pair of lobes 13, best shown in Fig. 4, which fit into the recesses 8 and cooperate with the flat side 10 in securely holding the cup attachment rigid with the head on which it is detachablyvmounted. I

" From the foregoing it will be seen that the cup attachment is mounted on the head by a simple downward movement on the latter, and may be withdrawn therefrom by a simple upward or lifting movement; but when engaged with the head it is rigidly supported by the latter against downward or tilting movement or lateral movement in either direction Seated in the cup 9 is the lower end of a pike pole 14 that, when in place, constitutes in eifect a longitudinal extension of the lifting bar of the jack and is preferably provided with a sharp or pointed upper end, 14' adapted to bite into the wood of the pole or other object to be straightened.

Fi 1 illustrates the use of the device so clear y as to render verbal description useless. When using the device for straightening operations the angle of the jack frame to its base is, of course, constantly shifting, and. therefore the locking pawl 37 is unlatched. The improvement readily enables the jack to be footed at a considerable distance from the base of the pole, for which purpose the pike pole 14 may be of any esired or suitable length, and thus avoids the necessity of preparing a special or arti-v ficial foundation or footing for the jack in close proximity to the base of the pole. Another advantage of the invention resides in the fact that by its use the jack can be made to operateat a-more favorable angle to the pole or other obj ectto be straightened,

and is also enabled to engage with the latter at a higher point, at which less power is required to eifect a straightening, operation. V Ihave described in detail the particular structure illustrated in the accompanying drawin for the purpose of making clear the of my invention and disclosing one practical embodiment thereof, but it will be understood that the improvement is not limited to the particular pole jack herein disclosed, and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing in any manner from the invention.

I claim 1. The combination with a jack frame, and an endwise movable rack-bar slidably mounted therein, of a removable attachment member adapted to be fitted onto and supportedby the upper end of said lifting bar and formed with a' seat to support a pole extension of said lifting bar.

2. The combination with a jack havinga pivotally jointed frame and base and an endwise movable lifting-bar, of a removable attachment member adapted tointerfit with and be rigidly supported on the upper end of said lifting-bar, saidattachment member being formed with a socket to seat the lower end of a pole extension of said lifting-bar.

3. The combination with a jack having an endwise movable lifting-bar, of an accessory for lengthening the reach of the jack, including a cup-shaped member adapted to seat the lower end of a ole extension of the lifting-bar, and a sha of said cup-shaped member romovably interfitted with and supported by the upper end of said lifting-bar. The combinationwitha jack having an 4. endwise movable lifting-bar formed with a vertically slotted head, of an accessory for lengthening the reach of the jack, in cluding a cup-shaped member adapted to seat the lower end-of a pole. extension of the lifting-bar, and a lateral shankof said fitted 1 cup-shaped member removably and behind the slot of said head.

5. The combination with a jackhaving an-endwise movable lifting-bar, of a oleengaging member remova ly mounte on and supported by the upper end, of said lifting-bar, and a pole held by said poleengaging reach of the 'ack.

6. The com endwise movable lifting-bar, of a cupshaped member removably mounted on and supported by the upper end of said liftingbar, and a pole seated at its lower end in said cup-shaped member and constituting an extension of said lifting bar tolengthen the reach of the jack. a

7. The combination with a jack having an endwise movable lifting-bar, of a cupshaped member having a shank removably engaged with and supported by the upper end of said lifting-bar, and a pole seated at its lower end in said cup-shaped member and formed witha sharpened upper end, said pole constituting an extension of said liftligng-bar to lengthen the reach of the ac a 1 8; As a new article of, manufacture,"a pole-jack accessory comprising a member adapted to be separably' mounted on the head of the jack and formed with a socket ination with a jack having an 1 member and constituting an extension of said lifting-bar to lengthenthe.

to seat the lower end of a pole extension 10. As a new article of manufacture, a of the lifting-bar of the jack. po1e-jack accessory, comprising a member 9. As a new article of manufacture, a adapted to be removably mounted on the 10 pole-jack accessory comprising a cup-shaped head of the jack and formed with a socket, 5 member formed with a shank or stem fitted and a pole extension of the lifting-bar of to and adapted to be removably supported the jack removabl fitted to said. socket. by the head of the jack. WALT JEJR BJTEMTPLETON. 

